by MBC News | Mar 29, 2019 | Current News
Two Indigenous filmmakers from Regina have been selected to premiere their film at this year’s Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. The short film is called ahkâmêyimo nitânis/Keep Going My Daughter, and was produced by Chris Tyrone Ross and directed...
by MBC News | Mar 29, 2019 | Current News
The Beardy’s and Okemasis Cree Nation is looking to expand its tourism opportunities. The First Nation held an engagement session Thursday night to discuss ideas that could potentially expand tourism marketing. Councillor Kevin Seesequasis says one of the challenges...
by MBC News | Mar 29, 2019 | Current News, MBC News
Three authors will be taking part in a reading and panel discussion this evening at the Alex Robertson Public Library in La Ronge. The event is called, Writing as Healing Journey, and will lead attendees on a journey of personal healing from trauma. La Ronge area...
by MBC News | Mar 29, 2019 | Current News
Do. Or do not. There is only fry. Bread. Students at the Regina, Prince Albert and Saskatoon campus’ of the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies will have the chance to battle for the title of best bannock maker. The second annual Bannock Wars is taking place...
by MBC News | Mar 29, 2019 | Current News
Canada’s first co-working space on an urban reserve will soon open in Saskatoon. The facility is called Uspace and is being built on the second floor of the First Nations Bank of Canada building on 4th Avenue South. The creation of the urban reserve under the...
by MBC News | Mar 28, 2019 | Current News
A police review into the investigation of the death of a 29-year-old Indigenous woman who died after falling 10 storeys in a hotel laundry chute is complete. Regina police released the review into the death of Nadine Machiskinic Thursday afternoon. Machiskinic’s body...
by MBC News | Mar 28, 2019 | Current News
Woodland caribou recovery strategies will continue to be developed and implemented this year. Woodland caribou are classified as a threatened species. While Canada has a national recovery strategy, Saskatchewan is developing its own to protect the ungulates habitat....
by MBC News | Mar 28, 2019 | Current News
The Sask. government is not through looking into the operations of the northern village of Pinehouse. On Thursday the Ministry of Government Relations expanded the scope in its investigation of the community by appointing a supervisor to oversee the operations and a...
by MBC News | Mar 27, 2019 | Current News
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations says governments need a much more coordinated response when it comes to emergency management issues in on-reserve communities. The FSIN says First Nations communities are simply waiting too long for the support they need...
by MBC News | Mar 26, 2019 | Current News
Commercial seaplane operators in Canada will have to abide by an amended Canadian Aviation Regulation (CAR) within the next 18 months. The change will require passengers and crew members who are travelling in a commercial float plane with fewer than nine seats to wear...
